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Chapter 1 - vocab

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Term
Definition
Abstract   To condense a record  
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Clearinghouse   A company that processes health information - serves as a middleman between physicians and billing entities  
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EHR   Electronic healthcare records - interoperability for EMR - ability to share medical records with other medical facilities  
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EMR   Electronic medical record - a patients records in digital format  
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HIPAA   Health insurance portability and accountability act (1996) - protects patient information and security for electronically transmitting pt data  
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Meaningful use   Incentive program that governs use of EHR - ensures EMR are being used in a meaningful way  
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Scrub   To verify technical and coding accuracy before claims are filed so that claims won't be rejected  
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Squelae   An after effect of a disease, condition or injury - secondary result  
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Sustainability   The responsible use of resources  
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Workflow   How tasks are performed throughout the office.  
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CHHIT   certification commission for health information technology - not-for-profit organization to certify electronic medical record software, certifies EHR  
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classification systems   organize related terms into categories for retrieval  
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CPOE   computer physician order entry - application used by physicians and other health care providers to enter pt care information  
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ePHI   electronic protectedd health information - PHI that is created in electronic form  
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ICD   international classification of diseases - 3-5 digit codes representing medical conditions, signs, symptoms - diagnosis codes  
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LOINC   logical observation identifiers names and codes - universal code system for identifying laboratory and clinical observations  
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NDC   national drug code - code that identifies all medications recognized by FDA  
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PHI   protected health information - individually identifiable health information  
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TPO   treatment, payment and operations - conditions under which PHI can be released without consent from pt  
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